Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Ayurvedic, Naturopathy, Siddha, Unani and Yoga Practitioners’ Registration and Medical Practitioners’ Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. (3) (a) Chapters I and II of this Act shall come into force at once in the whole of the State of Karnataka; and (b) Chapter III shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification appoint.